A 53-year-old violinist performs during surgery to remove a brain tumour to ensure the parts of her brain that control hand coordination are not affected.
While patients have been prompted to perform language tests during tumour removals, this was the first time that anyone had been asked to play a musical instrument.
"We knew how important the violin is to Dagmar so it was vital that we preserved function in the delicate areas of her brain that allowed her to play," Professor Ashkan said.
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